The Role of Place and Income in Life Expectancy Inequality: Evidence from Hungary

Anikó Bíró, Tamás Hajdu, Gabor Kertesi and Daniel Prinz ()

No 2019, CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS from Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies

Abstract: Using mortality registers and administrative data on incomes and population, we develop new evidence on the magnitudes and sources of life expectancy inequality in Hungary. We document considerable inequality across geographies and income groups, and show that inequality has increased between 1991-2016. We show that avoidable deaths play a large role in life expectancy inequality. Income-related geographic inequalities in health behaviors, access to care, and healthcare use are all strongly correlated with the inequality in life expectancy.

Keywords: life expectancy; income inequality; administrative data; time trend (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I14 J10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2020-04
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